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by FridayoLeary 202 days ago
Some time ago there was a post here about it. The guy claimed he and a few other fed up devs made that banner on their own initiative. The whole thing was a huge bluff because at the time google had no such plan but it gained so much momentum that they went ahead with it eventually.
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That's awesome.

Having lived through the browser wars, this is my new favorite fact about the whole thing.

It really was a very different time, and you couldn't have convinced me back then that I would miss it one day.